Draft-rigging.



J. J. BEZIERS. DRAFT RIGGING.

APPLICATION H LED MAY 23,1910.

Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

WITNESSES invented a new Be it known that I, JACOB J. Bums, a citi.- yzen. of the United Statesand a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Stateof Illinois, have and useful Improvement; in Draft-Rigging, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of bis specification, invvhich--l 4Figure l is a side view partly in sectionl 'cfa draft riggingembodying my invention;

Flg. 2 1s a. plan view of the same; Fi 3 is a lSection on the line.IIIe-III of ig. 2, partly broken away; and Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof one of the rectangular frames removed.

'My invention has relation to draft rig# gings and more particularly todraft riggmgs of the type described and claimed in mg' Patent, No.673,419, of May 7, 1901,-n w ich the draft s rings are arranged` one'above the other and are removable from bclow, the yoke embracing thesprings later-` all insteadof vertically.

y present invention is designed to provide means of simpleand efficientcharacter for connecting the draft rigging tothe draft sills-and forproviding a pocket to contain mg. Referring to the accompanying-drawins,

designates f wh' as consisting of spaced channels having their anges ,2turned outl specification of Letters raient. application nea my as,1910. semi 1ra-seam.

`sllls is normallyclosed by wardly. 3 n the front follower, 4 the rearfollower, and 5 the yoke which embraces the followers laterally, andwhich is secured to the drawbar 6 by any usuali or ysuitable means, suchas the key 7. 8 designates the springs which are arrangedbetwtaen thefollowers, one above the other, with-an interposed separator 9. 'l

In accordance with my invention, I rivetV or otherwise rigidly secure tothe draft sills, above and below t c yoke, the angle mem` bers 10, 'theinner surfaces of the trans'yersa..

portions of which `formthe bearings orabutments for the followers aboveand below the capi u um pmu my i mman ,evs ma i w I.: A

inner faces of the sll `lar Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

yoke. The longitudinal arms" of these angles preferably abut each other,so that the two angles at both the top and bottom form closedrectangular frames within which the upper and lower move.

The olpen bottom of the spring pocket formed' y these frames and by thedraft a removable plate 11. This plate can be readily removed to permitthe followers and springs to be removed by downward movement. r

The invention forms a very cheap and effective construction whichconstitutes simple means for connecting the; draft. the draft sills andfor forming a the followers and springs.

claim:l l f 1. In a draft rigging, theA combination with draft sills, ofvertically separated rectangular frames secured to the upper and lowerportions of said sills on opposite sides of a horizontal oke, said yokehavin" its outer side faces acing the innerfaces o the sill members insliding'relation thereto, and vertically extending followers of lgreatervertical height yoke and engaging saidvseparated rectangular framemembers, substantially as descrlbe 2. In a draft rigging, thecombination with draft sills, of vertically and longitudinally separatedangular frames secured to t e upper and lower, portions of said sills onopposite sides of a horizontal fyoke, said yoke having its outer sidefaces acing the '1 members in sliding relation thereto, and verticali lextending followers of greater vertical height than the yok pocket forframe members, substantially as described.

In testimony my hand.

. :JACOB J. BYERS.

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rigging to portions of the followers p e and engaging said separatedrectanguwhereof, I have hereunto set"

